title: Linear focal elastosis (elastotic striae): increased number of elastic fibres determined by a video measuring system.
abstract: We present an unusual case of linear focal elastosis occurring exclusively on the legs of a 13-year-old girl. An increase of elastic fibres (EF) was demonstrated histologically, and the number of EF in lesional and normal skin was quantified using a video measuring system. EF were found to be increased by about 100% in lesional skin compared with unaffected skin. EF were elongated, thinned and split at their ends with a paintbrush formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Breier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trautinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jurecka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hönigsmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D014741:Video Recording